US 12,465,192 B2
Dishwasher
Kitae Park, Suwon-si (KR); Junho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kyungup Lim, Suwon-si (KR); and Minho Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,521.
Application 18/099,521 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/007807, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0090722 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148829 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); C02F 1/42 (2023.01)
CPC A47L 15/4229 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4214 (2013.01); C02F 1/42 (2013.01); C02F 2201/005 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01); C02F 2307/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher comprising: a water softener to which a filter is mountable; a regenerator; and a water tank including: a soft water chamber configured to receive water softened by the water softener as soft water, and to store the received soft water, a regeneration water chamber configured to receive soft water stored in the soft water chamber from the soft water chamber, store the soft water received from the soft water chamber, and supply soft water stored in the regeneration water chamber to the regenerator to regenerate the filter while the filter is mounted to the water softener, and a communication flow path formed in a middle of the water tank and configured to allow soft water to flow from the soft water chamber to the regeneration water chamber after the soft water chamber is filled.